262 MNTOTTUTB^. 



inclining to greyish •white towards the ends of the feathers ; centre 

 tail-feathers slaty blue, -with a longitudinal black streak down the 

 middle ; remainder of tail blackish, externally slaty blue, fringed 

 with white near the end of the inner web, increasing towards the 

 outside of the tail, the two external feathers having a large white 

 spot near the end of the inner web, and a slight trace of a white 

 spot on the third tail-feather ; crown of head and hind neck clear 

 slat}- blue ; a line across the base of the forehead, lores, feathers 

 round and below the eye black, occupying also the fore part of the 

 ear-coverts and descending obliquely along the hinder cheeks ; re- 

 mainder of ear-coverts and sides of neck slaty blue ; cheeks, throat, 

 and breast golden yellow, inclining to orange on the fore neck and 

 chest; abdomen and under tail- coverts white, the latter sHghtly 

 tinged with yellow ; sides of body washed with slaty blue, ashy 

 brown on the flanks ; thighs white ; axillaries and under wing- 

 coverts white ; quills dusky below, white along the edge of the 

 inner web. Total length 4-2 inches, culmeu 0'4, wing 2-05, tail 1"6, 

 tarsus 0*6. 



Hah. Texas. 

 a, d" ad. sk. Texas, Feb. 28 {G. B. Sennett). Sclater Collection. 

 h. 6 ad. sk. Texas, Feb. 28. G. B. Sennett, Esq. [P.]. 



Subsp. y. Parula insularis. 



Parus insularis. Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. T. x. p. 4 (1871) ; Grayson, 



Proc. Bost. 'Soc. K H. xiv. pp. 278, 800 (1871); Later. Mem. 



Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. ii. p. 269 (1874) ; Snh. S,- Godm. Biol. Cerdr.- 



Amer., Aves, i. p. 121 (1880). 

 Parula pitiajn.mii, var. insularis, Baird, Brewei; ^- Itidgxc. Hist. N. 



Amer. B. *i. p. 207 (1874). 

 Parula pitiavumi iusidaris, Ridqio. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. iv. p. 208 



(1881) ; id. Bidl. U.S. Nat Mus. no. 21, p. 16 (1881). 

 Compsothlypis insularis, Stejn. Auk, 1884, p. 170. 



Adult male. General colour above light slaty blue, distinctly 

 washed with olive-yellow ; the mantle entirely olive-yellow ; scapu- 

 lars and lesser wing-coverts slaty blue ; median and greater coverts 

 blackish, externally edged with slaty blue and tipped with white, 

 forming a double wing-bar, less distinct on the greater wing-coverts, 

 the innermost of which have no white tips at aU ; bastard-wing and 

 primary-coverts dusky blackish : quills blackish, externally edged 

 with slaty grey, washed with olive-yeUow ; upper tail-coverts and 

 centre taU-feathers slaty blue ; the latter longitudinally blackish 

 along the shafts ; the remaining tail-feathers blackish, externally 

 edged with slaty grey and fringed with white on the inner web ; crown 

 of head and hind neck slaty blue, slightly washed with orange-yellow ; 

 lores duskj' blackish, surmounted by a narrow line of white ; eye- 

 lid whitish above and below, blackish in front and behind ; feathers 

 below the eye spotted with white ; ear- coverts, hinder cheeks, and 

 sides of neck delicate slaty grey ; cheeks, throat, and breast bright 

 yellow, slightly paler on the latter; abdomen and under tail-coverts 

 white, with a yeUowish tinge on the latter ; sides of breast slaty 

 grey, more isabelline or pale vinous on the flanks ; thighs ashy ; 



